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Weekly roundup of the national restaurant critics by Oliver Thring, 22/11

November 22, 2010 OliverThring 3 Comments

Marina O’Loughlin is ‘comprehensively ignored’ at Cafe Luc, where the food is ‘tiresome and heavy’. Shrimp croquettes are ‘grim’, partridge ‘overcooked into impenetrable greyness’ and apple crumble ‘bland’. ‘This is little better than Café Rouge food but at River Café … Continue reading →

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Weekly round-up of the national restaurant critics by @OliverThring, 12/07

July 12, 2010 OliverThring 1 Comment

Welcome to the weekly round-up of national restaurant critics by Oliver Thring. After several weeks’ absence, AA Gill reviews the Mount Street Deli in Mayfair. A beef sandwich was ‘a miserable little pile that you might find on an Intercity … Continue reading →

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Weekly round-up of the national restaurant critics by @OliverThring, 04/07

July 6, 2010 OliverThring 1 Comment

Welcome to the weekly round-up of national restaurant critics by Oliver Thring Marina O’Loughlin: Roux at Parliament Square is ‘about as much fun as a day spent transcribing John Redwood interviews’. ‘[Daniel] Cox is an assured cook’: sea trout was … Continue reading →

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Weekly round-up of the national restaurant critics by @OliverThring, 21 06

June 21, 2010 OliverThring 2 Comments

Welcome to the weekly round-up of national restaurant critics by Oliver Thring. ‘Tawdry’ is Jay Rayner’s verdict on Tom’s Terrace. The menu is ‘a crap wedding buffet in Basildon’. A chicken salad was ‘an edible cure for insomnia’; only a … Continue reading →

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